I’ve been in Washington 35 years… and I’ve never seen a time when people have put their own personal political feelings over how we can get the economy moving
… The crowd that was elected the last time not only came here to do nothing, they also came to put down the president. And the way to put him down is not to give him any kind of opportunity to be successful.
I believe it was Lyndon Johnson that said, “Don’t these people realize if they push me over to an extreme position I’ll lose the election?” Those people in the Republican primary have got to lay off of this stuff. They’re forcing their leaders, the frontrunners, into positions that will mean they lose the general election…They’ve got to stop this! It’s just so counterproductive!
Teavangelist Pat Robertson, one of the most radical figures in America, calls the GOP field too “extreme.”